Discovery certificate for object 2024aawt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232251 [ 2024TNSTR4432....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-11 11:20:33
Sender: ATLAS (ATLAS_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aawt
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24qcz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:57:51.493 (314.464552727) DEC = -41:38:38.80 (-41.64411)
Discovery date: 2024-11-11 01:39:26.784 (JD=2460625.56906)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-11 01:39:26.784
Flux: 17.539 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-10 00:57:01
Limiting flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aawt